In have responded to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health curriculum with a transgression 2018 launch -- and platform director Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm most evoked about it ," told Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate curriculum administrator in employ discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other class to do so ."
In addition to the field of exert discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health theories, program planning, society health progress, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate planneds at SHU commits a multistage project process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of penalizes , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer suggested." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already give and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those hungers ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer added .
Candidates for the grad platform must have a bachelor's degree in any major from a four-year accredited university with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Additionally, they must have earned a C evaluate or higher in college-level pre-calculus, statistics and sociology or psychology .
" I want to build a program that facilitates the development of other qualified public health professionals is fully committed to and elicited about improving parish health ," said Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this fail .